The Shoe Spotlight~Reviews~Excerpt~Giveaway

Title – The Shoe

Series – The Believe Series – Book #2

Author – Trista Jaszczak

Genre – Romance, fairy tale retelling

Publication Date – 6 August 2013

Publisher – Front Porch Romance

Cover Artist – Designs by Charisma

BOOK BLURB/SYNOPSIS

All Blair Miller has ever wanted was to study fashion in New York City. But as one door closed for her, another door opened. A bright and beautiful door that led her straight to a job at celebrity frequented, high end fashion boutique, ATTRAYANT, where she has now worked for years. When an invitation arrives for a masked ball that is being thrown to celebrate a world famous rock band’s new album, Blair finds herself being transformed into Cinderella for the night. When Blair not only falls for Prince of Rock, Hunter but also loses a precious $8,000.00 shoe, she finds herself in possibly the biggest mess of her entire life. How can she reveal who and what she really is to Prince Charming? How can she afford to replace such an expensive shoe? With the help of her two “Fairy God Fathers” who are pushing for her happily ever after…anything could happen.

BUY LINKS:

Amazon Kindle Link – http://www.amazon.com/The-Shoe-Believe-ebook/dp/B00EF5110O/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1378660832&sr=8-1&keywords=The+Shoe+trista+jaszczak

Goodreads Link – http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18303122-the-shoe?from_search=true

AUTHOR BIO

Trista Jaszczak (pronounced jazz-ick) is an Air Force wife and mother of two who is originally from Hamilton, Ohio but calls Anchorage, Alaska her home. She's published 4 novels so far and written more than 30. She has a deep passion for writing, music, her guitar, her kids and her four-legged babies.

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Favorite Quotes

“So, Cinderella, now that it’s midnight, are you going to rush off and leave me?” He asks.

I look back at the clock that is reading midnight. I laugh, “No. I have till noon.” I tease.

 When I wake up the last thing I expect is to wake to an empty and cold bed. I glance around.

The necklace, her dress, my Cinderella is gone. I jump from my bed for any trace of her. 

 “A billboard in the middle of Times Square. A plea to the media and the public to find your

mystery girl.” He says, “Extreme, Derek. Very extreme.”

“How else am I supposed to find her?” I ask.

"Because Blair, Cinderella always gets her Prince Charming,” Christian says.

I feel tears prickle at my eyes. I guess I never looked at things like that. In the end, Cinderella always gets her Prince Charming.

This book was given to me for an honest review.

Just like the book "Little Red", this story is an adults adaptation of the fairy tale Cinderella. In this story you meet Blair aka Cinderella/Princess who is a shop girl in a fashion store and is treated like crap by one of the owners who is called the "Ice Queen" and who has two  ugly daughters.  Yes just like in Cinderella …. They do everything in their power to hurt Blair to make her feel unworthy and ugly.  Someone needs to slap these b@tches. 

Blair has two fairy godfathers, Anthony who makes her look beautiful and Christian who provides her with the clothing and accessories for Anthony to do that. Christian is also part owner of the shop where Blair works.  Christian and Anthony convince Blair into taking the Ice Queens invitation to the masked ball but she has to be back  by noon the next day. No, no one turns into a pumpkin.  Once there she meets the handsome, rich Hunter aka Derek.  He is the guitar player for the group The Huntsmen.  Like in the fairy tale she runs off and leaves him without saying goodbye but leaves him a present(the shoe). The shoe that is half of eight-thousand dollars.  Derek realizes that he is in love with her and will do whatever it takes to find her including using a billboard. Imagine seeing yourself up on a huge billboard.  But Blair is scared that she is not good enough for him. Finally he finds her and they have three weeks to be together before he has to go on tour for their new CD. 

The Ice Queen and her daughters do everything they can to hurt their relationship.  Will their love survive what the newspapers say or the hurt others are trying to cause? Will the distance while he is on tour for six months make their love stronger or will they grow apart?

This is a great story.  There is laughter, heartache, romance, hatred, fear, and especially love. Derek's band mates and manager are funny, loving and protective of Blair once they meet her. They constantly give Derek a hard time. I would love to have any of these sexy funny men. They make anyone feel like Cinderella.  I laughed throughout this book. I would recommend this story to anyone.  I hope she does more stories like these or even continues this one with finding love for the rest if the band including Max their manager.  

FIVE FAIRY ANGELS

Title: Little Red

Series: The Believe Series #1

Author: Trista Jaszczak

Release: 18th June 2013

Genre: Adult Retelling, Paranormal.

Publisher – Front Porch Romance

Little Red Riding Hood is back in the woods again...and in the clutches of the Big Bad Wolf no less...

Ride along with Sam Wentworth through the winding back roads of Louisiana, on a desperate escape from her past. Where she falls into the arms of the unlikely and sometimes unwilling hero, Ethan Parker When circumstances and fate seal the two together, entangling them with his 6 older brothers, feuding families and a little old bayou magic, Ethan must put aside everything he has ever known to keep her safe from the dangers their lives and their love poses. Can he keep her safe from himself?

Favorite Quotes

His gray eyes suddenly turn on me. I stop dead in my tracks and stare back. They’re bright, silvery glow almost matches the full moon. “The big

bad wolf might get you, Red,” He winks.

I let out an unsure chuckle. By big bad wolf, he could mean himself or an actual animal. I feel my

heart rate quicken as he shoots me another smile, “Don’t worry, I won’t hurt you.”

I let my eyes shift around the room. “What’s your name?” James asks.

Before I can say anything, Aaron, who is still clutching my red leather jacket, laughs, “Why, it’s

Little Red Riding Hood.”

“Don’t you get it?” Aaron asks. “You, Little Red, have stumbled on the wolves den.” He laughs maniacally, turning his head up into a howl like pose.

I help her up and she slowly heads towards the bathroom that’s attached to James’s room.  “There are some gloves over here, Red!” I hear Ian call after her.  Eli groans, “She’s not going to pee on her hands. She knows what she’s doing.”

It’s amazing how, when you’re waiting on something, 3 minutes can seem like forever. But,  that’s how long it takes for Red to emerge with the white stick in her hand. Ian grasps for it, seeming too excited to contain himself.  “You do realize she just peed on that.” Aaron says in a calm voice. Ian drops the stick and it crashes to the floor.

  

This book was given to me for an honest review.

This book is the fairy tale about Little Red Riding Hood with a twist. Samantha aka “Red” is a strong determined women but like any women is vulnerable and also on the run from her ex. Then there’s Ethan, Oh my Ethan, “special”, yummy, hot, troubled, sexy, did I say yummy and hot, who wants so bad to be a good man and works hard at it.  He rescues Sam when her motorcycle runs out of gas in the middle of nowhere by the woods. The two have an intense attraction to each other. Ethan will do anything to help Red and protect her and he has have help and the help comes in the form of brothers, 6 brothers at that have “special abilities” and are just as sexy, yummy and hot as Ethan. They are very loving, witty and very protective and boy are they “Big Bad Wolves” but they are also the good too. 

They are all cursed. Ethan and Red can be the ones to break the curse. To break the curse he must not have blood on his hands when he touches his child when it is born. Meaning he must control the wolf in him to keep from killing anyone. Red is scared and ends up running off and her ex finds her and takes her back to his place. He beats and abuses her.  What both Red and Ethan don’t know is that she is pregnant with Ethan’s child well make that children, twins.  Ethan and his brothers get Red back and take her to the safety of Ethan’s home. Red never had what Ethan has which is a family and like Ethan wanting so bad to be a good man she wants a family just as bad. This meeting between Ethan and Red changes both their destinies. Red realizes that Ethan is a man she cannot live without and Ethan realizes he cannot without Red. They both must face their past in order have a future together.  Will they be able to accomplish this or will they allow their pasts to destroy what could be?  Will the curse be broken or will the true big bad wolves destroy this family’s chance for happiness?  

When I first started to read this book I thought of the fairy tale and wondered if this was going to be like it and wolves were going to be bad and Oh yeah,  they were bad, they were very bad but not in the same way as the original fairy tale.  Oh there are true big bad wolves don’t get me wrong and boy they were bad.  Just when you thought you knew what would happen next but it changed.  The bad wolves try everything they can to destroy what Ethan, Red, and his brothers have built. The question is do they succeed? You will have to read it to find out…

This is a very good paranormal fairy tale.  It is a well written story that kept you wondering. It has magic, love, evil and happily ever after everything a fairy tale should have.

5 RED ANGELS

GIVEAWAY PRIZES:

2 - $10.00 Amazon Giftcards

10 – eBooks of Little Red

10 – eBooks of The Shoe
6 – Signed Cover Art Posters

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